why dont you ppl like touchwiz? touchwiz is amazing

soraxd · Dec 31, 2011

how can so many of you not like touchwiz, lemme correct that *HATE touchwiz... i realize its the hip thing to do, to hate touchwiz, and you somehow think it makes you look pro.. but touchwiz rocks.. most of you havent even seen what the alternative is, you just hate it cause everyone else does.

do you realize losing touchwiz loses:

*built in screen capture by pressing home+lock

*task manager built into long press

*swipe left/right to call/text in contacts/dialer/texts

*toggles in drop down menu

*amazing UI in camera/file manager/ music player

*ability to adjust display options, beyond what stock roms are capable of

*swype

* ability to adjust brightness by moving dropbar back and forth

* the option to use the actual touchwiz launcher

* Divx, Xvid, and .avi support out of the box, as well as other formats supported only by samsung

its not like having a stock rom gives you anything in place of these.. if you dont like the touchwiz launcher, you can install another one, i cant see why ppl are soo determined to get rid of it, and have nothing in its place. would you really rather have no options, in place of where you DID have options?

vicelord.leo · Dec 31, 2011

I personally like touchwiz and that's the reason i'm not switching to
aosp

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Intratech · Dec 31, 2011

You forgot all the built in format support for multimedia files.

titooo7 · Dec 31, 2011

On older devices the phone was much slower when using samsung roms (tw) than AOSP. I i think that's the main reason why some people HATE touchwiz.

Right now AOSP roms like cm7 are still faster than Samsung roms, but that doesn't means that Samsung roms are bad!
Touchwiz has some goodies were it still bet AOSP, so at the end is a matter of personal taste.

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petsasj · Dec 31, 2011

I personally like the TouchWiz UI on Gingerbread. It's an update over AOSP/CM7 Roms.

However, seeing that KP4 video, i find that TouchWiz 4 is a downgrade for ICS. Many of the features that TW4 had over Gingerbread were implemented in ICS.

So for me AOSP is the way to go for ICS.

anshmiester78900 · Dec 31, 2011

hell yeah .!! i love touch wiz

dan1431 · Dec 31, 2011

I have nothing against TW, there are many parts of it that I actually like, but ICS seems to be a big step forward for Android and TW (at least the ALPHA/BETA iteration does not seem that much of a step forward).

Granted, I am actually not really sure what I expected of TW and ICS, but I guess I was expecting to see more of ICS (Roboto, the Blueish Hue for the Signal Meter/etc.) and maybe over time my expectations will rationalize and I will see TW as my mode for interaction with Android and ICS.

Dan

Sideromelane · Dec 31, 2011

I just find it clunky. I always install LauncherPro immediatly after a reflash. Much easier to fit stuff on my home screen.

J31Rob · Dec 31, 2011

Others run better on my phone. That simple. No hate.

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Hell yeah. Now I look 1337/pro/boss status.

Red_Vex · Dec 31, 2011

Well...in ICS taskmanager will be replaced from standard one.
I like ics but it has some missing feature
1)Sorter icon on app drawer (only using appZorter)
2)Custom icon of status bar (thanks Jkay)
3)HORRIBLE!!!! Green battery. Add a % better battery.

ajcantonio · Dec 31, 2011

i think tw is good. the features are just amazing. this is my first time to use a samsung android phone (former lg user) and i find tw really functional compared to my past phone's ui. i just don't like the look... there's a lot of launchers out there anyway. and about aosp, i just think it's too plain for casual users, like... me... hehehe!

btw, happy new year, guys!

DannyDrama · Dec 31, 2011

Because I can't resize all widgets, have 6x6 home and lock screen, customize animations and change themes and icons. I also can't hide the dock or the status bar.

ADW is better IMHO.

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Arkanius · Dec 31, 2011

DannyDrama said:
Because I can't resize all widgets, have 6x6 home and lock screen, customize animations and change themes and icons. I also can't hide the dock or the status bar.

ADW is better IMHO.

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TouchWiz is not a launcher!

AllSeeyinEye · Dec 31, 2011

It's not TW that's bad, it's TWlauncher that sucks ;-)

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victorinoxs · Dec 31, 2011

soraxd said:
how can so many of you not like touchwiz, lemme correct that *HATE touchwiz... i realize its the hip thing to do, to hate touchwiz, and you somehow think it makes you look pro.. but touchwiz rocks.. most of you havent even seen what the alternative is, you just hate it cause everyone else does.

do you realize losing touchwiz loses:

*built in screen capture by pressing home+lock

not bad, but it's built into ICS as well

*task manager built into long press

but number of recent apps down to 6, very annoying; besides, task manager is really not necessary for a powerful phone like S2, I always have around 500mb free ram sitting around. I rarely use task manager to kill background apps.

*swipe left/right to call/text in contacts/dialer/texts

ya, it may be handy sometimes, but no threaded call logs, and call logs are mixed with sms logs.

*toggles in drop down menu

CM ROM can do even better, such as 2G/3G/2G&3G modes toggle

*amazing UI in camera/file manager/ music player

indeed amazing camera UI, but file manger & music player are so so. There are better and free alternatives. The camera app is the only thing I will miss about TW.

*ability to adjust display options, beyond what stock roms are capable of
*swype

can be installed separately anyway

* ability to adjust brightness by moving dropbar back and forth

I find brightness level widget easier to use.

* the option to use the actual touchwiz launcher

What's so good about TW Launcher anyway?

* Divx, Xvid, and .avi support out of the box, as well as other formats supported only by samsung

Agree. Samsung does have the best codec support of all, but it's not like there is no alternatives available.

its not like having a stock rom gives you anything in place of these.. if you dont like the touchwiz launcher, you can install another one, i cant see why ppl are soo determined to get rid of it, and have nothing in its place. would you really rather have no options, in place of where you DID have options?

Having a stock rom I can get almost everything that TW provides by installing 3rd party apps; on the other hand, on a stock TW rom, I'm stuck with no video calling in GTalk, no green icon indicating Google service status, only 6 recent apps and a bunch of Samsung bloatwares.

asdfasd2 · Dec 31, 2011

Touchwiz is ugly..

iphoney SMS
launcher icons
Pull down toggle icons
Music player

bala_gamer · Dec 31, 2011

Touchwiz would be the best launcher if it had the following

1.multi dpi scaling.
2.proper resize support.

josephislee · Dec 31, 2011

I tried out CM9 yesterday and the only thing I miss from tw is the browser.. smoother IMO, even compared to the videos of the galaxy nexus..

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nicregi · Dec 31, 2011

Happy new year!

I don't hate TouchWiz but I just felt it is too 'stock' feeling. Just love to modify so TouchWiz isn't my main choice...

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mike21pr · Dec 31, 2011

I like touchwiz. Its the only UI where the launcher runs perfectly smooth even using a heavy live wallpaper. I believe that they use the cartoony colors to show off the Super Amoled screen as well. The only thing that will make me flash a non touchwiz ROM is Stock ICS, cuz im not using the visually unpolished abomination that AOSP Gingerbread is. MIUI is sorta buggy for us so its out imo

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